What is Node? Answers from Node Summit
While talking to fellow Node.js enthusiasts in San Francisco for Node Summit this week, we asked what seems like a simple question: "What is Node?" We got answers ranging from the basic but technical to the detailed but metaphorical, and provided by a wide range of experts from companies of all sizes working in a number of different fields. Going to show that through the power of simplicity, Node.js promises a wealth of opportunity.
Here are some of the people who answered the question:
Eric Meijjer, Iconoclast, Microsoft
Isaac Schlueter, npm creator and engineer, Joyent
Rik Arends, CTO , Cloud9
Derek Collison, CTO and Chief Architect, VMWare
John Rymer, VP and Principal Analyst, Forrester Research
Glen Loughheed, CEO, NodeFly
Colin Rand, Associate Director of Technology, AKQA
Adam Bragg, Tagalong
Hunter Loftis, Lead Engineer, Products and Labs at Skookum Digital Works
Ben Lowenstein, Co-Founder of Colingo
Bruno Fernandez-Ruiz, Vice President, Platform Architect, Yahoo!
Paul Serby, CTO, Clock Limited
Charlie Robbins, CEO, Nodejitsu
Paul Baumgart, Â Founder, ProxV
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